Name: Andrea Silva Date: May 16th‚ 2014 Student Exploration: Homeostasis Vocabulary: dehydration‚ heat stroke‚ homeostasis‚ hypothermia‚ thermoregulation Prior Knowledge Questions (Do these BEFORE using the Gizmo.) Homeostasis is the ability to maintain a stable environment inside the body. For example‚ your body does things to maintain constant blood sugar levels and body temperature. 1. What are some things you do to stay cool on a hot day? Some things I do to stay
Premium Temperature Heat transfer Heat
HOMEOSTASIS Homeostasis is an internal environment that is regulated in order to remain in a stable and constant state. To be able to maintain homeostasis‚ the homeostatic control system shows how communication within the body is important in homeostasis‚ there are four main components to this system: the stimulus (change)‚ the receptor (detects the change)‚ the control centre (receives the information) and the effector ( produces the response). The stimulus in this case would be the change in
Premium Homeostasis Metabolism Cybernetics
Homeostasis is the process within mammals where the body systems work together to maintain a stable response to a fluctuating environment within the body due to changes in the external environment and input into the body. The homeostasis process is used during blood sugar regulation within the body. This is the process whereby the body uses hormones to keeps the glucose levels in the blood at a stable level to ensure the body’s optimum function. Blood sugar levels are determined by the amount of
Premium Diabetes mellitus Insulin Blood sugar
releases a chemical‚ which is received by receptors in the muscle tissue. Once enough of the chemical has been received‚ the muscle is able to move. Sometimes this process malfunctions and a person develops a neuromuscular disorder. Symptoms include muscular weakness‚ spasms‚
Premium Nervous system Muscle Brain
2. FLNB in Skeletal Diseases Mutations in FLNB lead to various skeletal malformations‚ involving long bone‚ joints and vertebra. There were five FLNB-related skeletal disorders been reported so far‚ including spondylocarpotarsal synostosis (SCT)‚ Larsen syndrome‚ atelosteogenesis (AO)‚ boomerang dysplasia‚ and isolated congenital talipes equinovarus. (1) Spondylocarpotarsal synostosis syndrome (SCT‚ OMIM 272460) Spondylocarpotarsal synostosis syndrome was characterized by the following features:
Premium Mutation Zygosity
The nervous system helps maintain homeostasis Homeostatic control mechanisms have at least three interdependent components: a receptor‚ integrating center‚ and effector. The receptor senses environmental stimuli‚ sending the information to the integrating center. The integrating center‚ generally a region of the brain called the hypothalamus‚ signals an effector (e.g. muscles or an organ) to respond to the stimuli. Positive feedback enhances or accelerates output created by an activated stimulus
Premium Nervous system Brain Muscle
calcium content in our blood remains stable? These things and many more are maintained as part of a process called homeostasis. Homeostasis is the body’s maintenance of a stable internal environment‚ and depending on what particular aspect of the body’s physiology you are talking about there are corresponding systems to maintain this normal‚ stable range. The body maintains homeostasis through a self regulating control system‚ or "homeostatic mechanism" (Shier) if you will. All of these homeostatic
Premium Temperature Thermodynamics Energy
Homeostasis is the control of internal conditions‚ be it temperature‚ specific blood conditions or other variables within living organisms‚ the purpose of homeostasis is to provide a consistent internal environment for set processes to occur. The endocrine system is made up of glands that produce hormones and release them into the blood‚ they cause certain reactions to occur in specific tissues. The endocrine system affects a large number of the body’s functions‚ including‚ metabolism‚ sexual function
Premium Blood Endocrine system Hypothalamus
Homeostasis is a simple term which holds a large significance in the functionality of the human body. This essay will discuss and define this term. Explanation as to why homeostasis is important to be maintained and two examples of homeostasis relevant to its control mechanism will be stated in this essay as well. The word homeostasis was first introduced by Walter B. Cannon‚ an American physiologist‚ to describe the body’s ability to maintain relative stability of its internal conditions even
Premium Management Psychology Organization
Introduction: What is Muscular Christianity? After reading this paper you will have a good idea of what this philosophy is. You will also know when and where it came from‚ what beliefs it was based on and why it became significant. I will also get into the important institutions that make these ideas spread as fast as they did. Closer to the end I will talk about Muscular Christianity’s implication in our world today. First things first‚ let me start from the beginning. Paragraph one: Muscular Christianity
Premium Christianity